Example sentences of "and [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However local and limited the awareness to which the words testify , I have identified a spontaneous reaction to which , since it is provisionally approved by ‘ Be aware ’ , it is rational to seek means as an end good in itself ; if you disagree , the burden of proof has shifted to you , to make me aware of something overlooked which will redirect my response . |
| 2 | These Acts extended the powers of secondary picketing and the ability to negotiate closed shop agreements , and limited the grounds on which individuals could refuse to join a trade union . |
| 3 | It was the defence of this social unit that set many of the boundaries to the debates and limited the eventual legislative reform . |
| 4 | This met with opposition from representatives from civil-law jurisdictions on the ground that it was incompatible with the possession vaut titre principle and had implications going beyond the field of leasing , and the Study Group eventually concluded that no progress could be made on this issue and limited the statement of priority to conflicts between the lessor and the lessee 's general creditors , subject to perfection of the lessor 's title in accordance with any public notice requirements of the applicable law . |
| 5 | Different objectives of different finns controlled and limited the techniques of production they could use ( eg. a firm developing prototypes of electronic equipment can not go in for mass-production ) . |
| 6 | The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act 1959 ( the Landrum-Griffin Act ) imposed added restrictions on picketing , strikes and boycotts and limited the union leaders ' control over union funds and other administrative matters . |
| 7 | One option for holders , of course , was to leave the dollars on deposit with a US bank but this was discouraged by US banking regulations which prevented interest from being paid on deposits of less than thirty days and limited the rate payable on longer deposits to less than that obtaining elsewhere . |
| 8 | For instance , when the government sold British Telecom to private shareholders in 1984 , it set up the Office of Telecommunications as the regulatory agency and limited the permitted rise in telephone charges to 3 per cent below the rate of inflation . |
| 9 | It came into effect immediately , allowing multiparty politics and separating the executive , legislature and judiciary ; it also introduced the post of prime minister and limited the tenure of the president . |
| 10 | It would , if implemented , " have dragged British government kicking and screaming into the 1950s " and limited the role of public management to the " programmed implementation of predetermined policies " ( Metcalfe and Richards 1987a ) . |
| 11 | Other acts sought to prohibit as far as possible corrupt practices and limited the amount of money a candidate could spend on election expenses . |
| 12 | This could have worked and altered the course of history , had not another miner within the City devised a scheme of counter mines through which water was directed and the gunpowder flooded . |
| 13 | All you or your workmen have to do is supply a concrete base and clad the outside walls in brick or stone and give it the finishing touches . |
| 14 | Martin Sheldrick , of the British Museum ( Natural History ) has investigated and catalogued the cetacean strandings around Britain in modern times . |
| 15 | And frightened the spider away |
| 16 | He had studied and pondered the case , and was immersed in it ; he tried talking to both Marco and Eddie , and pursues Marco for the promise that could save Eddie 's life . |
| 17 | Gail Thompson has composed and arranged the music for this blockbuster of an evening . |
| 18 | If you have already pressed and arranged the flowers on a mount , the recipient will be able to assemble their own picture rather than take the risk of a glass frame smashing during its journey through the post and damaging the picture . |
| 19 | Edward had conceived and arranged the exhibition himself and was aware that it lacked verve : he was not good at these things . |
| 20 | In Salford , according to The Guardian , sodium chloride had exploded and wrecked a warehouse . |
| 21 | Malawi 's answer to Dr Finlay examined Warrington thoroughly , diagnosed ‘ problems in the marriage area , ’ and prescribed a draught of aphrodisiac tea . |
| 22 | That evening you visited your GP who told you to take it easy and prescribed a course of tranquillizers . |
| 23 | Similarly , if a child with bacterial diarrhoea is taken to a health clinic and prescribed a necessary course of antibiotics , the mother might be unwilling to give them to the child if her hot/cold classification of the antibiotics conflicts with her classification of the type of diarrhoea . |
| 24 | A doctor was called out and he diagnosed some kind of virus and prescribed a course of antibiotics . |
| 25 | Luckily he was engaged on operational matters when his ‘ guest ’ arrived , and turned him over temporarily to his intelligence officer , a flight lieutenant called Benson , who recognized the symptoms instantly and prescribed a double whisky . |
| 26 | Administrative computing ( for which the University has created and filled the new post of Director of Administrative Information Services ) will continue to be developed under the Management and Administrative Computing Initiative . |
| 27 | Drago applied his fingers to some of the strings and adjusted a turnkey on the end of one of the tusks . |
| 28 | His face assumed the condition of … rigid fixedness while in council … ; he kept his immense ceremonial hat on , and placed a large eagle 's wing in front of his eyes and nose ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ Just a minute , ’ Laura , partially recovered , went to April and placed a hand on her mother . |
| 30 | The loss of Elliott left Hammer very lightweight in attack and placed a heavy burden on regular strikers White and Harris . |